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Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Last Minute Suppers

I normally like to have supper at the kitchen table. Meat, veggies, bread on real plates and cloth napkins. I try to have it ready when Paul gets home from work so we can all sit together as a family and relax a bit. But sometimes (ok, more than just sometimes) circumstances warrant that the supper not only be a quick & easily prepared meal, but one served on tv trays in front of the television.

Rhiannon has been sick for a while and although she's getting better, today was an "off" day. And I was trying to catch up on housework so it was getting pretty late in the afternoon before I had even though of what I was going to make for supper. So I went with one of my "OMG, what am I gonn'a make" favorites. Sloppy Joe Pie.

I grabbed a sleeve of ground beef from the depths of the freezer (and almost got lost in there), chucked it in a pot on the stove and turned the heat on. While the beef was cooking, I folded a load of laundry, went to the pantry and (luckily) found a can of Sloppy Joe mix, opened it up and plopped it in the pot of cooked ground beef and kept it on low.

Whipped up a batch of biscuits, threw another load of clothes in the washer. Rescued a dinosaur from the clutches of the "bad" dinosaur gang and helped Rhiannon put them in jail (i.e. pillows propped up against the couch).

After incarcerating the velociraptors, I went back in the kitchen to finish up our evening meal. Which basically meant pouring the sloppy joe mixture into a baking dish, slapping some American cheese on top, then dropping spoonfulls of the biscuit mix on top of that. Popped that sucker into a 400 degree oven, went outside to feed the goats & shut up the chickens, came back inside and served everyone a steaming hot bowl of Sloppy Joe Pie while we watched The Empire Strikes Back.

Rhiannon is adorable in this picture, I'm glad to hear she's feeling better.Sloppy Joe pie, now that's a new one for me. I must try making this one night. Every now and then we sit in front of the TV to watch Big Bang Theory.

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Hi there! My name is Carolyn, and against my husband’s constant badgering about keeping a low-profile, I’d like to welcome you to our blog. Paul & I are originally suburbanites, but always had the itch to get out into the country. Ten years ago, we finally made the plunge, sold our house in the ‘burbs & bought a log home with a few acres in the Ozarks. In the process of carving out a homestead on the land, we were also blessed with a beautiful daughter in early 2009. This is the story of our adventures. But most of all, this is living proof that YOU can make the move to a more sustainable, fulfilling & enjoyable lifestyle. No credit card required!